The Grapes of Wrath: an economic analysis

Economic Forces In the movie and or novel The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck approaches and takes on, many political and social problems that the depression held. One topic that seems to be overlooked is how the storyline has many examples of economic forces at work in the film. One of these economic forces, which are also one of the most apparent, in the film is the message of unemployment. At the opening of the …

…could survive. Sadly, John Steinbeck isn't one for happy endings, concluding on a light point of hope and insight amidst surrounding sadness and distraught. The analysis of this novel/movie as in the standards of economic forces is insulting to this great piece of American literature, defacing it's deep underlying messages given in the last chapter (or scene) through intense "biblical" imagery, that show an account of humanity and humanity's perseverance to survive and succeed.